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THE RIGHT lIO: , ,rOtiIIATILE LORD BROUGHAM, Has consented to take the Chair, at Eleven o'Clock, The Door s will be opened at Ten. opTipekets of Admission m ay b e o bt a i ne d, on application e the e of the Central Negro Emancipation Committee, 25, Token ,o,usse..yard; at Messrs.' Hatehard and Sons, (87, Piccadilly; 1 , 1 , 1 0 ! srs. J. and A. Arch's, 61, Cornhill ; Messrs. L. B. Seeley and Son's J. Fleet-street; and Mr. J. Nisbet's, 21, Berner 's-street. But ,Sir, It is said also that the ition of the a) the Ist of August next, would . spoliation of the 's ,of the sn tess. I deny that they - Ave any propert7 in the persons of the apprentices. If th .any . party which , claim the ownership of such a property, it could only be under the Emaneipstion Ac', which gave it under certain Conditions, and these not being fulfilled, the property reverted to the original owners. If there wcse any proprie s : tor, the legislature which paid the money was the proprietor. I speak Sir, with the greatest respect of Owness of es tates in the West Indies. I respect their feelings—their cha racter—their ability—and their station in life. I givs them credit for all moral virtues ; but I say this, that the,plaaue spot is upon them,—(Hear, hear),—that they are themselves owners of slaves, and that they are incapable ofgiving testimony upon the qusstion, bcing,de graded infinitely below the slaves which they hold.—(Cheers and loud cries of hear, hear, hear) Yos, Sir, i would feel myself more honoured in being a slave for a year than a slave noise: for ass hour.—(Hear, hear.) I will not say one word with ri spect to the overseers or the agents—it is quite impossible for them to feel the cruelty of the system. They have been born and bred under a system of tyranny—they have learned the cruelty from their cradle; the cry which the anguish the lash caused was the song which sent them to sleep, and the fetters of the slave was the rattle of their children. It is impossible for them to feel disgust at those scsnes which would make others torn away with loathing. Ido much blame the Colmsialeffice ef this c :entry for that they, knowing these things, they did not came (1,11 to Par liament for power to put sn end to the system. Hundreds of shousands of the people of England, of Scotland, and of Irelsncl have raistd their voices in reprobation of the gross cruelties which have been a l_ lowed under the system, and the only offer made by the Gsv eminent to allay that cry was the miserable Bil! I hold in my hand. Then it is said in opposition to the abolition system, that it is necessary to train the slave, in order to accustom him to freedom. In all my life, I have never happened to hear any argument more absurd or without foundation. Without going over the old ground—without alluding to Antigua and other Islands, where the slaves have obtained their freedom—it is enough for ins to say that wherever free labour has be As tried, it has succeeded, and the produce of these places has, in pace of being di minlshed, been much increased. The proposition that the Slave required training did not appear in the Bill of 1533, for it said that any slave who had money might purchase Isis freedom—if he had money be might be manumitted to-morroW, and without any trsining. I say that if any one slave can be manumitted, every slave upon every farm might be manurnizted to-morrow. What is there to prevent any :Man from manumitting eery Slave on his property. But the Act itself has pointed out that money, and money on;y, is necessary to the release of the slave; money, and that alone, was the object of the slave owner. No slave owner would keep his slaves an hour if he could get money enough. I do not wish to trouble the !Toils:, with a long speech, but I meal: with such a conscientious conviction 'that the House will be awakened to the:reeessity of the eat ire abolition of slavery, that I feel it unnecessary to go into partieulars—inthed, if I felt inclined WITH WHICJI THE " TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. CONTRACT FOR FIRE BRICKS, CL.kY, &c. DEPARTMENT Cr THE STOREKEEPE , -GENERAL OF ITTRETHE NAVY, SOMEW4ET-PLACE, MAY =2-2, 18 - R COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the _,`"NITED ,KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, o'clockur,orbeereb entice, that on THURSDAY, the 21st June next, at Y. they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may y wil linT to contr ac t f or su ppl y i ng H er Majesty's several Dock ards with STDU RBRIDGE, WINDSOR, and WELSH FIRE BRICKS, IRE CLAY, LOAM, and GLASS-GRINDERS' SAND. Sampl es of the articles Amy be seen at Her Majesty's Dock ard at Woolwich, and a Form of the Tender at the said Office. t N's Tend er w il l b e rece i ved after O ne o ' c l oc k on th e d a y o f ti r . e atY, nor any noticed unless the party attends or an Agent for Int, dul y autherised in writing. ~..,E'rery Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi- V. I tY, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for a e lre Br icks, &c.," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, te eb'rnpanied bidet etter signed tenda responsible person, engaging th e 7cmle both the person eriny, in the sum of 2007. for performance of the Centract. No. 14,258. LONDON. WEDNEA:MY EVFNING. MAY 23. 1-38 D.„ ttiCit PUBLICATIONS. NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP. Lord BROUGHAM was astonished at the statement which was a - cribed to the Noble Earl, that Colonel, now Sir De Lacy Evans, and his troops would march to Madrid. Such had never been his (Lord Brougham's) opinion, for a more chimerical and more absurd. or a more Quixotic idea he had never heard of —(A laugh.). And yet the Noble Earl, notwithstanding the sangulne expectations which the Government then entertained, no sooner heard such a charge m.:de than he started up, as if there was an at !erupt made to impuo the sanity of the person rriaking the slat , - ment—as if it had been a suggestion for a Committee de lunatico inquirendo. It appeared to him that there never was,' a:ly prospect of the success of that enterprise. NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP. Lord BROUGHAM said the Noble Marquis near bins (the Marquis of Sligo) had that night presented 210 petitions, wi4h 48,000 signa tures ; and he (L or d B roug h am ) had received within e last few days 250 petitions, besides 150 which had remained over without pres nta tion--all in favour of the abolition of the apprenticeship system. The Noble and Learned Lord then read a letter from a wealthy planter, stating his conviction that free black labour would be tbun.l more pro (7uctive at a c,:eaper rate than slave labour, and dwelibig on the danger of longer postponing emancipation. TO ADVERTISERS SOLICITORS, BOOKSELLERS, PATENT MEDI CINE VENDORS, and Persons desirous of extensively publishing their ADVERTISEMENTS in the great, populous, and wealthy County of SOMERSET, will find its COUNTY Paper, The SOMERSET COUNTY GAZETTE and NORTH DEVON JOURNAL, Now ready, price Is., CONSENSUS OMNIUM ; or the Test of Orthodoxy. By a MEMBER of OXFORD CONVOCATION. Ridgway, Piccadilly. Also, by the same Author, THE VIA MEDIA. Pri:e Is. 6d. MEETING OF DELEGATES AT BROWN'S HOTEL. (YESTERDAY.) (From our Second Edition of last Night.) This day a meeting of Delegates was held at half-past two o'clock, at Brown's Coffee House, New Palace-yard, Mr. Ba'l in the chair. Mr. ALEXANDER stated that at the meeting in Lambeth last night, Mr. George Thompson had expressed his willingness, in the event of the failure of Sir E. Wilmot's motion this night, to go to Jamaica to advocate the cause of the slave, in the land of slavery itself.—(Applause ) He, for one, would most gladly assist in enabling Mr. Thompson to carry that proposition into effect. The Rev. J. H. Johnson and other Delegates confirmed the statement ~f Mr. Alexander as to Mr. Thompson's offer, and expressed themselves strongly in favour of it, and stated that it was received with great en thusiasm by the meeting in Lambeth.—(Applause.) The Rev. Mr. SPENCER hoped that it would not be necessary for him to make the sacrifice, or risk his life.—(Hear.) There appeared to be no doubt that they would be successful without resorting to that itep.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Spencer then proposed a series of resolutions, , hich were ultimately withdrawn. Mr. STURGE expressed a strong hope that they would be successful to ight ; but whether they were or not, they ought to meet to-morrow at -an o'clock; and in the mean time, the Delegates should canvass the Members of the House of Commons.—Agreed to. Mr. BUTLER, of Liverpool, moved that a placard be immediately printed, stating that the number of petitions presented during the pre ent Ssssion in fav:mr of abolition of Apprenticeship amounted to `2,788, and were signed by 732,309 persons. The motion war unanimously agreed to, and the Delegates adjourned. The best, in fact the only, medium through which to effect their object. This Journal circulates in every part of that Clunty, and is its recognised organ of intelligence. Published at TAUNTON, every SATURDAY Morning, at the Office, where Advertisements should be addressed. mibll,ilo.l, small -}to., price 7s. 6d. cloth gilt, -Fl AC-SIMILE of BURNS' CELEBRATED POEM, entitled " THE JOLLY BEGGARS," From the Original Manuscript. Illustrated by an Engraving of the Jolly Beggars, from the Original Drawing, by Wm. Allan, in the possession of J. Lunisden, Esq. Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria-lane, London. THE THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL EX HIBITION of the SOCIETY of PAINTERS in WATER-COLOURS, at their Gallery, Pall-Mall East, IS NOW OPEN. Open each day, from Nine till dusk. Admittance One Shilling. Catalogue Sixpenee. R. HILLS, Secretary. CONTRACT FOR WORKS AT PLYMOUTH. DEPARTMENT OF THE STOREKEEPER-GENERAL OF THE THE NAVY SOMERSET-PLACE, MA , : IS3S. COMMISSIONERS E forEXECUTING u N the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the I TE KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, ‘shereby give Notice, that on TxuasnAY, the 7th of June next, b e ` l 'ne 0 clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may willin g to Contract for WIDENING the ENTRANCE of the Just published, 300 pages, price 10s. 6d. boards, ATRUE TREATISE on the ART of FLY FISHING, TROLLING, &c. as practised on the Dove, and on the principal Streams of the Midland Counties, and appli eahl.3 to every Trout and Grayling River in Cie Empire. By 'NM. SHIPLEY. Edited by ED WARD FITZ GIBBON, Esq. Dedicated to Sir William Boothby, Bart., of AShborne Hall ; and to David Watts Russell, Esq., of Earn Hall. London: Published by Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. ; and sold by the Author, at Asbborne. sTEAM from LONDON to YARMOUTH and NORWICH, from alongside St. Katherine Steam Wharf. HUAI POOR LAW BILL. Lord RODEN presented a petition from the Corporation of St. John ;he Baptist, Dublin, against the Irish Poor Law Bill, which he,boped would be thruwn out on the third reading, as it was a measure at. tempted to be forced on Ireland ag dnst the wishes of :J1 classes and de. lorninations. The Splendid and Elegant New Steamer CIRCASSIAN, 400 tons, 150 horse power, leaves the above Wharf every SATURDAY EVENING, at Ten o'clock, and returns from Yarmouth every Wednesday. The Earl of WICKLOW could not refuse his asctit to the se. cond tatling of the Bill; but he entertained great doubt as to the x pediency of its passing. • Tire Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from Kerry against this Bill. Lord GLENELG moved the second reading of the Natives of Protection Bill. NORTH NEW DOCK t Herjey's Dock Yard at PLYMOUTH, Pecoraro to Drawings and 'a Specification, which together with a °ry a of the Tender , may be seen at the said Office, and at Ply- Mouth. 1 , No Tende: will be received after one o'clock, on the day of hi r 'atY, nor any noticed, unless the Party attends, or an Agent for 'hay authorized in writing. i 'very Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Adrni- VY, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for i. s at Ply mou th," an d mus t a l so b e d e li vere d a t Somerset r, accomp an i e d accomp an i e d b y a L e tt er s i gne d by t wo res p on sible persons, ing to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of for the due performance of the Contract. Saloon, 12s,—Fore Cabin, 6s. Passengers will find this an expeditious and desirable oonveyance. The trip is estimated at thirteen hours. Shippers will experience great advantages by having their Goods conveyed with the greatest certainty, at the same rate, as by sailing craft. Hammond and Cherry, Yarmouth; W. Bell, Norwich ; St. Katherine Steam Wharf; or the Depot, 41, Fish-street hill, London. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. On the Ist of June, embellished with Four fine steel Plates, and Six wood Engravings, Part 1., price 9.5. 6d., large paptr ss. AHISTORY and DESCRIPTION of the LONDON and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. SLAVERY AND SUGAR. BOUNTIES. to do so, 1 should beprevented by the fact—the subj:tt tieing so much By PETER LECOUNT, Esq., F.R.A.S., Civil Engineer, and THOMAS ROSCOE, Esq., Author of " Wanderings and Excursions in Wales." To be completed in Six Parts. This work will be a useful companion and guide to the Travel ler,— a pleasant book of entertainment on the drawing-room table, — and a valuable addition to the library shelf. A detailed Prospectus is on the cover of the work, which may be seen at all Booksellers. The friends of the negroes, who now reckon, not as a diminution and Lord ELLENBOROUGH said a few words in support of the object of the measure. Several Biils were advanced a stage, and 0: House adjourned till iIIAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, for the ASSURANCE of PERSONS in any STATION Friday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAY 22. C ONTRACTS FOR COALS AND CANDLES. of LIFE. Fleet-street (next St. Dunstan's Church), In consequence of there having been three Ballots, the Gallery was ;lot openeJ till twenty minutes to Five o'clock. C. Tilt, London ; Wrightson and Webb, Birmingham. WESTMEATH ELECTION. The Committee Clerk appeared at the Bar with the reduced list of the Committee, to try the merits of the Westmeath Election Petition. The names were as follow Battie Wrightson, ;...ird George Bentinck, George Thornhill, Charles Fyshe l'a'mer, Sir Geo. Thomas Staunton, Sir Stephen Richard Glynne, John Round, James Stuart, Edmund Wodehouse, Robert Pahn2r, and Thomas Henry Hastings Davies. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, APRIL 23, 1838. THOSE Persons who may be desirous of Contract fr i ng with the Principal Officers of the Ordnance, to furnish, of °,' l the Ist July next, to the 30th June, 1839, such Quantities fo.. 9ALS and CANDLES as may from time to time be required tau, -Barracks and Ordnance Stations in the Counties in Great Bri o_ can receive Particulars of the Contracts on applying at this ~e betwee n the hours of Ten and Four. an ' enders f or supplying either Coals or Can dl es mus t b e se aled up wil ea, ked " Tender for Coals," or " Tender for Candles , " and u b mreceived Board, until Eleven o'clock on Tuesday, the 12th June ; but no , 3 1.° Posal, e i t h er for C oals or Candles, will be noticed unless made or annexed to a printed Particular, and the prices inserted in , a c r i ds at length ; nor unless a Letter be subjoined to such Propo • r " , two persons of known property, engaging . to become bound wttl i for " party tendering in the sum expressed in the Particulars e due performance of the Contract. ,ifi,seuders to be made for the several Barracks and stations, as spe- I V in the Pa r ti cu la rs of Contracts. ; 44 ' 13 . The practice of allowing Letters to and from Contractors o f their Agents to pass free of Postage is discontinued ; but the g r ,d ei al Correspondence between the Cntractors and Regimental 11 ()ther Officers will be forwarded as usual. The Board of Ord -041,7_ will not, however,responsible for any Letters, Money, or for Mo ne y, which may be so forwarded. E HIPPODROME, BAYSWATER. i t Public Days, FRIDAY and SATURDAY, 25th and 26th May. r a l tt :ces will take place on these days for the Birthday Gold Cup, se ‘ I ° o sovereigns ; The Farmers-hunters' Cup, value 100 o ,; t r i e l 'gr's ; a Handicap ; and various other Stakes. Gambling ors , and Tables are strictly prohibited, and no drinking booth r `alls will be allowed on the Grounds. oi l 4 )4 r - wheeled Carriages, ss. ; Two-wheeled ditto, 3s. ; Person orseback, 2s.ditto on foot, Is. irs_ Carts or Waggons will not be admitted. ÜBLIN, CORK, AND BELFAST ASPHALTUM COMPANY. Capit a l 100,000/., in 4,000 Shares of 251. each. A pplication s pO f or Shares to Mr. N. Fullam, 15, Sergeant's Inn , Leet-street. t A p • R i j rospectus, with the Names of the Directors and Bankers , jublished in a few days. pr.,..,. STEAM TO NEW YORK. rIE Stearn•ship SIRIUS, Lieut. ROBERTS, _ A N i . R. N., Commander, is intended to leave London, on k%o r t u '''''AY, the 26th inst., at Ten o'Clock in the Morning, and r et ', on THURSDAY the 31st inst., at Nine A. 111., for New York, btarning from thence on or about the 21st June. .Passengers will DJan./eyed free from Liverpool, Dublin, and Bristol, on TUES , the 29th inst. tojoin the SIRIUS, at Cork. Further information obtained, on application to Macgregor Laird, v ' eornhill ; or to J. P. Robinson, 137, Leadenhall-street. This 4 " ; 'lal l'ived at Falmouth on the 19th, after performing the voyage, • Ili 4 8 ,, , 5 t ; strong head winds, to New York in 17 days, and returned - c --- 6 N L ' l4 _weather in IS days. Z V YANCE for PARCELS and SMALL PACKAGES ndTEAM to MALTA, the lONIAN ISLANDS, GREECE , IitEGYPT. Lit MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT having, v e ,,, with a view to the public convenience, sanctioned the con -V,lnee of Parcels anti Small Packages, under certain regulations, pi '''e Packets in the Mediterranean, in conjunction with the Pe milasilla Steam Navigation Vessels, carrying the Mails to Gibraltar, qr,Managers beg leave to apprize the publir that theiy are ready to i l , , - , BIVE and FORWARD PARCELS and PACKAGES for - "e above-mentioned places, under the regulations established, and IN.h iell may he seen at the Peninsular Steam Navigation Offices, 57, t " Mary:axe, London ; or on application to Messrs. W. and .C. 'Arne, Falmouth. WILLCOX and ANDERSON, Managers. --.... _ _ _ _ _ 4OND ON VINEGAR and BRITISH 1 WINE COMPANY. Capital, £lOO,OOO, in 20,000 Shares of £5 each. Deposit £1 Rel. Share. MANAGING DIRECTOR—Mr. P. BROAD. The Directors desire particularly to impress upon Oilmen, Gro- Zra, Picklers, &c., that they are actively engaged in making ar 7Nements to execute orders forthwith ; also that, in the allotment of t'Zhares, preference will be given to those applicants connected with Ctrade, without, however, excluding responsible applications :,, 1 persons unconnected with it. • I Pplications for Shares to be made on or before the 23d instant totter„ which period none can be received) by letter only, post paid, , 133 01 flas Moseley, Esq., at the Company's Temporary Offices, dford-street, Covent-garden. ri t)t i l l• No further call will be made without a month's previous - -----... e zzid no call will exceed 1/. per Share. ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY t Not- COMPANY. tr a d,, l ee is hereby Given, h p e l the DIRECTORS have this day Punt": CALL of 2/. 10s. Share on each Share in the Ca : „‘' t nek of this Company, payable on or before the 16th day of I. ol ,,i l 'eat, to any of the undermentioned Bankers of the Company : Il a m," and Westminster Bank, or any of its Branches.: Li.," 01 Liv l erpoo . ArrPi)ol Borough Bank. :niehester anti Liverpool District Bank. W es :nal and Provincial Bank, Bath. East „land of Eon Bank, Bristol. Nati o °t England Bank, Yarmouth. rational Provincial Bank, Boston. C lielt Wil t en hairi and Gloucester Bank, Cheltenham. * IV,: and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury. Nv os ` t ero Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh. 11 , stern Bank of Scotland, Glasgow. , A l () __ai I3ank of Ireland, Dublin. • 147 s s r 3 . Harve y and Co., Norwich. 11,4 Sr s• Bacon, Cobbolzl, and Co., ;eh. /4oss,rs• Alexander and Co., Ipswich. Iq es ' r s• Mills, Bawtree, and Co., Colchester. Mess sparrow and Co., Chelmsford. Al es si ' s . Lemon and Co., Brentwood. k e ' s il• Brodie and Co., Salisbury. h ts• Pryer and Co Wimhortie. ~ By Order of the Board, Offices, J. C. ROBERTSON, Secretary. fE ces, 4, Adelaide-place, London-bridge, May 22, 1838. 11 11 -ISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY, INT,, t • i . CONTRACTS FOR WORKS. OfF r , e*s hereby given, that the Directors will receive, at their of ic i e 'n Broad -street, Bristol, on or before TUESDAY, the 29th • ftill o , at Twelv e o'Clock, TENDERS for the execution of the wing Contracts : CONTRACT 1, B. i'lle ` 14, . Excavation and formation of the Earthwork, and the ron ' oot•,. ' 1 1 " of all Bridges, Culverts, and other Masonry, and the • th e completion (excepting the Materials for, and the Forming the r e rloanent way) of that portion of the Railway extending from 011',,, d cif Contract. No. 4, A (the Boundary ditch of the parishes N es J,, r aPshavit and South Brent), to the Boundary-fence between ,„; 1 and 75 in the narish of South Brent, a distance of about " ul " and 5 • ' &ins. . ..„„ ..... rh, ,-,. CONTRACT 2, B. It i ., . •-•xcavation and Formation of the Earthwork, and Land c tlti ,, (a iail of all Bridges, Culverts, and other Masonry, the th,, 'e oxripletion (excepting the Materials for, and the Forming ' * fro- Peimanent Way) of that. portion of the Railway extending /k,T, 4 2 th end of Contract 1, B, to the Bounciary-Fence, between ha' 4 C and 47, in the parish of Burnham, a distance of about 2 (1 arid 7 chains. Th e CONTRACT 3, B. -Activation and Formation of the Earthwork, and the Con- e0 t i, 416 " of all Bridge?, Culverts, and other Masonry, and the th e ' e e °Tnldetion (excepting the Materials for, and the forming fr Permanent way) of that portion of the Railway extending • the end of Contract 2, B, to the Boundary-fence between , and 24, in the parish of Bridgwater, a distaace of about MTlie Earthwo r k i n C on t rac t s 1, B, and 2, Is, cynsi.ts principally il / 4 f ormation of a Causeway of from 1 to 4 feet in height, the • being oLtaineC, from the side ditches ; and,i n Contract 3, cUttin of the same descriPtion, with the exception of a short at Puritan, of about 150,000 cube yards. The CONTRACT 4, B. P, rr Erection of a Bridge of 100 feet span, across the River Drawn a short distance above the town of Bridgwater. • at the E oit od ami Specifications of the above Works will be exhi ngineer's Office, Coronation-road, Bristol, and at the .11, y n i t Hotel, Bridgewater, on and after Monday, the 14th of atth 4-r inted F orms of Tender may be had at the same places, and , T h. _% o lipany's Offices, Broad-street, Bristol. , 1 - ) , 'rectors will nut consider themselves bound to accept the 0 f , 4 2: ender, and they expect the several parties to attend at the in Broad -street, Bristol, at Twelve o'Clock on the said 29th ; s ot Aa, eirßtol 4a.ndJ. B. BADHAM, Secretary. Exeter Railway Office ,30, Broad-street, Aprilr, 1835.1 May 23, 1838. Notice is hereby given, that a GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS will be held at the Society's Office in Fleet stre.,t, on SATURDAY, 23d June next, at Half-past Eleven o'Clock i❑ the Forenoon, pursuant to the provisions of the Deed of Settle ment, for the purpose of ELECTING SIX DIR ECTORS and TWO AUDITORS, in lieu of those who will go out of office by rotation ; and also to ELECT a DIRECTOR in room of Richard Pollen, Esq., deceased; and for General Purposes. One of the Auditors will be chosen by the Proprietors, and the other by the Assured, of two years' standing, in the sum of 1,0001. and upwards for the whole term of life. By Order of the Directors, GEORGE KIRKPATRICK, Actuary. N.B.—Business will commence at Twelve o'Clock precisely. EFYDRAULIC PRESSES for SALE, of the Pswer of Fourteen Horses, and capable of Dredging Sand, Mud or Gravel, from a depth of 20 to 25 feet, at the rate of 150 Tons per Hour. The whole of the Machinery, including the Buckets and Chain, is New. The Vessel is built of Oak, Copper Bottomed and Copper Fastened, and 120 tons burthen, with An. chors, Chain, Cable, Ballast, &c., complete. Also, two Powerful HYDRAULIC PRESSES, for sale, ca pable of exerting a power of from 350 to 500 tons. Apply to Mr. George Lewin, 6, Holland-street, Blackfriars. OXFORD ARMS INN and COMMERCIAL HOTEL,' KINGTON. EDWARD ELLIS, the present and sole proprietor of ail; Hotel, conceives it to be necessary to the advancement of the future interests of the Establishment, upon which he has so recently entered,to state distinctly, and thus publicly, that the business in its various departments will be conducted under his own immediate and personal superintendence, and he anxiously avails himself of the earliest opportunity to assure the Nobility, Gentry, Commercial, and Agricultural public, that it will at all times be his first and earnest desire to seem e the unqualified approbation of those who may be pleased to honour him with their patronage, by pursuing a liberal and just course in the general management of the establish ment, blended with that respectful attention to the comforts of visitors to the Hotel, which he has ever regarded as a duty strictly imposed upon those who seek public favor. Being determined to act upon those professions, E. Ellis relies with confidence upon public support and encouragement. Kington, May 16, 1838. THE ZINCED or., GALVANIZED IRON COMPANY. _ Capital £250,000, in Shares of £2O each. Deposit El per Share. The principle involved in the galvanization of metals, and the appli cability of zinc to protect iron from oxidation, has long been known to the scientific world. Several of the most eminent philosophers and chymists of Europe have recognised its accuracy, and have bestowed great labour, time, and attention on the subject, the object being the practical adaptation of the discovery to purposes of public benefit and general utility. This desideratum has been accomplished, and the promoters of this Company, confident of the vast advantage that would accrue to the ma ritime, commercial, and manufacturing interest of the empire by the general introduction and use of zinced or galvanized iron, as also of the efficiency and originality of the process which will be employed by the Managers of the Company for the protection of metals against oxidation, are satisfied that they can enter into economical and successful rivalry with every other establishment aiming at the same object. The manufacture of zinc, or speltre, has long had their most devoted consideration, and the smelting and manufacture of iron in all its varie ties, is a. branch of commerce in which they were educated. In the manufacture of zinc they have arrived:at an important praci tical improvement, by which the metal produced is fully equal to the German, by which the price of production is materially diminishes, ana by which the quantity of ceal required in the smelting of the olende is greatly reduced; thus effecting economy of time, labour, and fuel, a feature equally affecting the interest of the manufacturer as of the consumer of one of the principal stapler of commerce. Assisted by some eminent practical chymists, they have made a series of experiments, proving the value and accuracy of the principle of gal vanisation, and its rneral applicabilityto all cases where iron requires protection against oxidation, whether by exposure to atmospheric damp or immersion. '1 value of the discovery, and its general uliity, have already been testcd in France, by the high premiums which the shales in the zinced and g .Ivanized metal Companies have borne and sustained in the Pari:.:n market, and no doubt can be entertained that in this great commercial and maritime nation, where the economical application of the In inciple must prove so eminently beneficial, the object accomplished will I.L , likewise sustained by public approbotion and support. Th.^ Prospectus, with Certificates, proving the extensive practical utility of the process exclusively possessed by this Company, and which has b, en adopted in her Majesty's Dock-yards, for the prevention of the Oxidation of Metals, will be ready for delivery on or before SATURDAY Next. Applications for the remaining shares to be made by letters, post paid, addressed to the Provisional Committee of Management, at 31, St. Swithin's-lane. JAMES WILSON, Secretary. 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It is impossible that the course which Honourable Members pursue .4 . 4 his crisis should be without its effect upon their future rrelations to the boroughs and counties which have returned them to Parliament. The people are every where too much in earnest soon or easily to forget the service sr dis-service which may be done at this time to the cause of liberty. But there is one point which will cl dm immediate attention, should the present effort be defeated by any opposition, either from the Ministry or the West Indian body and their adherents ; and to which, no doubt, the assembled Delegates will have recourse, as well as arouse the energies of their friends and the country, if their appeal to better prin ciples should fail. We augur, however, another result from the appeal to the pocket—the ar gunzentum ad crunzenanz. The nation has already paid more than enough for the wretched bargain, which ended in giving them a cruel system of apprenticeship in lieu of a generous and unshackled eman cipation, and will no longer be disposed, by the payment of three or four millions in the shape of duties and bounties, to prop and perpetuate a system which they abhor. It is probable, therefore, and the West India proprietors may safely rukon upon it, that agitation will take ano. ther direction, and as the effect of it, that the tables of the House of Commons will soon either groan or bend under the load of petitions demanding the repeal of these duties and bounties ; and that the coun try, as with one voice, will call for the immediate cessation of tliat un natuiel protection which has been given to West India produce, to the injury of other colonies and of the mother country. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 19, MS. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Rogers Nesbitt, sq., to be Secretary and Registrar, and Clerk of the Council, of ne Bahama Islands. ommissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Somerset. Ist Somerset Regiment of Militia—J. L. R. Rooke, Gent., to seEnsign, vice W. Vaughan, promoted, April 2. West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.—C. K. K. l'ynte the lounger, Gent. to b.! Cornet, vice E. Bryant, promoted, ♦pril 2; L. Harwood, Gent. to be ditto, May 5. ;ommission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Gloucester, Gloucester Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.—C. K. Sheridan, Gent., to be Cornet, without pay, May 8. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Worcester. The Queen's Own Regiment of Worcester Yeomanry Cavalry.— Lieut. J. R. Cooker to be Captain, vice H. Cooker, resigned ; Cornet F. Rufford to be Lieutenant, vice J. R. Cookes, promoted. kV. H. Robeson, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Rufford, May 17. WHITEHALL, MAY 19. The Lord Chancellor has appointed llarwood Thomas, of Shrews -4m y, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of tThancery. BANKRUPTS. JOHN HAMILTON REYNOLDS, money-scrivener, Great Marlborough-street, Oxford-street, to surrender May 31, at one, and July 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, of dal ; Wadeson, Austin-friars. JOHN FAIRMANER, livery-stable-keeper,. Princes-street, Drury-lane, May 30, at one, and July 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Jervis, Queen-street, Cheapside. JOHN MASON, wine-merchant, Boston, Lincolnshire, June 9, and July 3, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Boston. Bowles and Son, Boston; Hall, Bishop, and Mourilyan, Verularn-build ings, Gray's Inn, London. GEORGE LANSLY, blacksmith, Ludgershall, Wilts, June 11, at ten, and July 3, at nine, at the Black Horse Inn, Salisbury. Lamb. Andover; Austen and Co., Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn, London. ELIAS DUNSTERVILLE PUDDICOMBE, surgeon, Silver ton - Devon, June 6, and July 3, at twelve, at the Half Moon Inn, Exeter. - James atio n London ; Ter rell, Cathedral-yard, Exeter. JOHN EDWARD DOWELL, straw plait dealer, Fore-street, Cripplegate, City, June 2, at twelve, and July 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, official assignee • Rains, Bucklcrsbury. JOHN SCHOLES, calico-printer, Manchester, June 11, anti July 3, at one, at the Commissioner's Rooms, Manchester. Sale, Fountain-street, Manchester; Baxter, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London. IMPERIAL PA.RLEAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, lihr 22. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'Clock. Th e Bishop of HEREFORD and the Bishop of RIPPON presented nu merous petitions, praying for the abolition of slavery. Petitions of a similar nature were presented from Cheltenham, Glou .ester, and other places, by Lord Segrave ; by the Marquis of Sligo, to !he number of between 200 and 300 ; by the Earl of Carli;le from Mor peth and several other places. Lord LORTON presented a petition from Innis-Macsaint, in the county of Fermanagh, against the present system of National Education in Ireland. ' Lord ROLLE presented a petition from a place in Devonshire pray. ing for the immediate abolition of the system of Negro Apprenticeship. lie would take that opportunity of expressing his hope that her Majesty's Government would see the propriety of granting the prayer of the petitioners. He had been left a large number of slaves by his father. He could not reconcile it to his conscience to be the possessor of slaves, and upon his accession to the property, he had given them full liberty, and he had the pleasing satisfaction of saying that they were now very industrious ; they support e d th emse l ves, and were c ontented and happy.—(Hear.) The Earl of CARLISLE presented several petitions against any fur ther endowment to the Scottish Church. The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from Maldon, in Essex, praying for protection to the Established Church, and the expulsion of Roman Catholics from the Legislature The Marquis of BU rE presented several petitions from Edinburv,h, Leith, Lochwinnoch, Rothsay, and other places, in favour of the Edin. presented a petition from the burgh and Glasgow Railway Bill. uard Harbour Bill. The Marquis of SLIGO then presented a petition from 8,000 inhabi stahniTnt shipowners s we o f n il i i ras e r oq City ss Sunderland, fdeDr LONDONDERRYTivabiniIdi,I nß to ßfa t I h vTo e ul s sr a H m tiphEree effect. GFeiisoh gs The Noble MARQUIS then presented a petition from the offl.. zers and privates of the British Auxiliary Legion, detailing the distress and hardships they were suffering from the nonpay ment of their claims by the Spanish Government, and praying the House to take their case into consideration, and adopt such measures 3s would enforce the payment of the same. The petition was signed by Colonel Churchhill, Colond Rich, Colonel Shawe, and several other Staff Officers, about 200 other Officers, and 400 Non-commissioned Officers and Privates. It was a singular fatality by which the petition was entrusted to him (the Marquis of Londonderry), who several years ago had pointed out the inevitable consequences that would result' from the steps the Government were taking. He hoped some satisfactory answer would be given by the Noble Viscount to the prayer of the peti tion. It was unnecessary to enter into any details upon the subject, as the proceedings of the meeting from which the petition had ema nated must be familiar to all their Lordships. The Noble Marquis here read some extracts from the speech of Colonel Churchill, who presided at the meeting, and h e wou ld add that i t appeare d t h e mee ti ng had ter. urinated by givin g th ree long and apparently hearty groans f or G e neral ,ir ni De Lacy Evans.—(A laugh.) He felt strongly upon the subject as a British soldier, and he could not let the question rest until her Majesty's Government took some steps to redress these grievances. The claims of these men amounted to little short of 300,000/,, which, if it was obtained, would diffuse comfort and competence among these gentlemen. He would beg to remind the Noble Earl opposite (Earl Minto) of his predic tion that before another Session he would have General Evans and these troops marching to Madrid. E arl MINTO—My Lords, I hope it is unnecessary for me to say *ha , t I nev er stated anything so e xtravagant.—( Much laughter.) The Marquis of LONDONDERRY would beg to refer the Noble Earl, and the Noble Lord the President of the Duchy of Lancaster, to the statement s h e h ad made i n the debate upon the subject. He . poped the Governme n t wou ld see th e necessity of doing justice to theisrmen, and of insi s ti ng upon the fulf il men t of the treaty by which these men had been s e d uced to join the L eg i on , on the part of the Spanish Govern_ nient. As he f oun d t h a t th e day he had fixed for a motion upon this object was a holiday, he would beg to withdraw it, and would give the notice for another day. The Earl of MINTO would not enter into the general merits of the •iiuestion, but would merely advert to the extraordinary statement of the Noblr to Marquis, that he had stated that General Evans and his troops would before a year be marching upon :Madrid. Now he had no ecollection of having made so extraordinary a statement. What the Mirror of Parliament might have stated was nothing to him—it was no authority in that House, and the only occasion on which he had re ferred to it he found stated what perhaps was very true, " the Noble Lord spoke so indistinctly that it was impossible to collect the purport of }is observations." After a few words in explanation from the Marquis of LOND DERRY, Viscount MELBOURNE felt it necessary, lest his silence should b. misconstrued, to say that he adhered to the statement he had previs , asly made upon that subject, namely, that the officers of the Le,3ion has a claim, not upon them, but upon the Spailisi Got crnment, and tha: they had a claim to the good offices of her M tjesty's Govern :,nt, which they certainly should at all times command.' NOTTINGHAM FIELDS ENCLOSURE BILL. Mr. E. ROCHE moved the second realing of the Nottingham Fields Enclosure Bill. Sir R. FERGUSON opposed the second reading, and said thlt it had been supposed by the inhabitants that the promoters of the I3ill had given up the measure. Mr. GALLI KNIGHT spoke in favour of the second reading of the Bill, the opposition to which he characterized as groundless and unjust. Mr. BRISCOE opposed the Bill. Mr. ItOCHE having said a few words in its favour, The House divided, and there appeared For the Bill Against Majority agaiitst the Bill --20 GALWAY ELECTION. Mr. CHALMERS appeared at the bar with the reduced list of the Members elected to try the merits of the Eiection Petition for Galway Town. The following are the names of the Committee : Hon. W. Howard, Henry Jeffreys Wilmington, lion. Gearge Ralph Abercrombie, George Benvenuto Mathew, Henry Meynell, Sir Charles Brooke Vere, Thomas Nicholas Ruldington, Frauds Aglionby, Lord Viscount Morpeth, W. Bolling, Daniel Callaghan. DEVIZES ELECTION COMMITTEE, The Clerk of Committees brought up the following reduced list of Members to serve on the Devizes Election Committee :—John James Bodkin, Montague Edmund Newcombe Parker, Lord Viscount Eastnor, Sir Robert Alexand.,:r Ferguson, Richard Walker, H. N. Burroughes, Joseph Bailey (Sudbury), C. D. D. Jephson, Sir W. C. James, Lord Teignmouth, Sir John Mordaunt. SLAVE TR ADE.—MESS AGE FROM THE CROWN. Lori PALMERSTON appeared at the liar with the following t newer from her Majesty to the Address of the House rela tive to the Slave Trade:—" I • recived your loyal Address, ex ,4ressing your opinions, your wishe,, and our hopes, as the measures best calculated to accomplish the effectual ex. .merlon of the traffic in slaves. I can assure you I fully share your /egret in observing the extent of human suffering that is still occasioned by this cruel trade. I have recently concluded with some foreign states additional stipulations for thepurpose of putting down this traffic. I have engaged in negotiations with other foreign states for arrangements founded on the principles recommended in your address, and I am urging PortugM to fulfil her engagements with Great Britain, by the conclusion of a treaty adapted to the suppression of the Sla ye Trade now carried on under the Portuguese flag. You may rely on my earnest endeavours to give full effect to your wishes on this interesting and important subject." NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP. Numerous petitions were presented for the abolition of negro appren ticeship, by Lord Morpeth, Mr. Baines, Mr. P. Thompson, Mr. E. B. Roche, Mr. Sergeant Wilde, Mr. O'Connell, Mr. M. Phillips, Mr. i'ryme, Mr. Hawes, and a great number of other Members. Petitions v:ere also presented for the abolition of Negro Apprentice ship by Mr. Leader, Captain Berkeley (10). Mr. Humphrey, Mr. Villiers Lord Worsley, Mr. Elliott, Mr. Bernal (4), the Attorney Go:lora!, Mr. Divett, Mr R. Alston, Mr. Gaily 'Knight (from Nottingham), Mr. Roche (30), Sir T. F'reemantle (from Buckingham), Mr. Gibson (from Ipswich). Similar petitions were prevented by Serj - •ant Talfour+l, from Reading; by Sir E. Wilmot, from different parts of Warwickshire; by Mr. Vigors, from parishes in Carlow; and Mr. Pease, from different parts of Durham. NEGRO ENIANCIPtiTION. Sir E. WILMOT—Sir, I feel that it will be urged by the Under- Secretary for the Colonies, and also by many other Gssntleme'n on both sides of the House, that it is unwise and injudicious in me to bring this forward a second time after it has been once decided.—(Hear.) But I feel it to be the uu y, es. ..,11 as wt._ ry eil th er Parliament, if he conscientiously believe that the Hous ' ehasdedided wrongly to bring fo•ward the question a second time, in order to induce them to revise and rescind their resolution, and if any evil shall arise from the agitation of the question, that that evil is equally shared by those who oppose as well as those who promote the inquiry. I have another reason for bringing this question forward, and that is, that it was not fairly met by the amendment of the Right Honourable Gentleman. I think he ought to have met it by a direct negative, instead of moving the second reading of the Bill, which I always understood was introduced to run pant paean with another Bill. Upon these grounds it is, Sir, that I bring forward this motion. In doing so, I assure the House I shall not attempt to excite their feelings and their passions by enumerating all those horrors which have been related as occurring in the West Indies, And I appeal to the indulgence of the House while I endeavour fairly and impartially to discuss this question. when I first undertook to bring this subject before the douse, I felt I had a must difficult task to perform—that I had two objects to attain—first, to convince the House of the truth of all the allegations which have been made as to the enormities of the slaVe traffic, which the House and the public dish:: • lieved as impossible; and also to convince the House that the imme diate abolition of the apprenticeship system was the best mode ofreme dying the evil. As to the first of these propositions I am almost entirely relieved of any difficulty. For nobody who has read the documents — the authorised documents upon which these atrocities have been proved—nobody who has heard or read the speeches of Gentle_ ! men in favour of, .or against abolition—l allude especially to the speeches of the ex-Chancellor of Ireland (Sir Edward Sugden) and the Secretary-at-War (Lord Howick)—speeches which were un doubtedly (though levelled against) in favour of the measure—no per son can have done all this, without coming to the conclusion that the allegations as to the enormities of the slave system have been fully proved.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Sir, in ad,lition to this I hold in my hands the Act of Parliament recently passed (Lord Glenelg's the c A h c a t r ) g e a s n ibl brought u s g a y h t t hat against t s t A h e e t s ve i s i t i i l t n s edlifana planters.pf leao" l r t th y " to , than this, Sir, I have the language of Lord Glenelg himself, declaring that the apprentices had been cruelly treated ; that women had been brutally flogged ; that the allowances of food to the apprentices had been gaily reduced.; that the parents had been unlawfully separated from and debarred from intercourse with their children ; and that prwdials and non-proedials had been unjustly confounded.—(Hear, hear, hear.) I wish this Bill could speak for itself. It would show how it had been scorned, ridiculed, laughed at, and evaded by the planters. —(Hear, hear, hear.) If they scorned, ridiculed, and laUghed at the Bill of 1833, which was a Bill for their advantage, and by which they received twenty millions of money, why should they not scorn and laugh at a Bill passed for the benefit of the negro ? Ido not stand upon this Act—l trample on the Act—l put my stand ing on the undoubted right of every man to his liberty given to him by the Almighty, and which no man has a right to take from him, except for the commission of crime.—(llear, hear, hear. , ) If both parties were tried at the tribunal of justice there can be no doubt who would receive compensation. The first objection tn.mde by the friends of Cie planters relates to the contract. Now ' with respect to the contract itself, it is either a contract or it. is no contract. If it is no contract at all, amid I declare it is net, thereis an end of the question, because I say although Parliam.eit may legislate—may command—it cannot contract. But, Sir, the contract has . _ been partly repealed. This Bill repealed that part of the contract which made children under a certain age, for a certain time apprentice;. Now, I should like to hear why, if Parliament c.di repeal part of a con tract, it cannot repeal the other part? And why, if it can give liberty to infants, it cannot also give liberty to adults ?—(Hear, hear.) , The contract was either void in itself, or voidable by the Act of Parliament.—(Hear.) Parliament, by the Act of 1833, enactel that from henceforth slavery should cease. It then created a new species of slavery under the masque of liberty. The contract, if it be one, was, that Parliament should gisee 20,000,000/. for a certain , term of apprenticeship, and, on the other side, they were to observe certain engagements —they were to perform certain covenants mentioned in the Bill for the benefit of the apprentices. I ask, has Parliament performed its part of the contract ? Undoubtedly it has—it has given its 20,000,040/. I ask, have the other parties performed their part of the contract ? I maintain, most decidedly they have not. I know it has been urged by an Hon. Gentleman, and he has given innumerable instances that there were certain estates on which the apprenticeship clause had acted well and beneficially—l believe, on the other hand, that there were many instances in which it had not acted beneficially ; and there fore I put the two testimonies against each other; and in doing so I take my stand upon this Act of Parliament. Sir, when 1 read to the House what has been said by a Noble Lord in the other House of Parliament—a Member of her Majesty's Government, and Perhaps the best authority upon our side of this question—the House will perceive which of the two testimonies is•of the more value, and worthy of the greater attention. I believe that the Noble Lord was insisting upon the argument that there was a contract, and that the contract ought to be fulfilled.—[The lion. Baronet here read an extract from a spee:th of Lord Glen. lg's, in which thi Noble Lord said that the special and other magis , rates were thwarte. in every possible way in the execution of their duty—that the apprentices were sent to the workhorses for the ,Host trivial ollences—that they might be removed from the prote tion of the law—that they were abridged of the hours neces. sary to labour on their allotments, and prevented from seeinp their children in a dying state,, and finally nothing was to L•• hoped for from the bail Governments.] Sir, after such testimony Gt . the head of the Colonial-othce, is there a Gentleman in this Hens( who will stand up and argue that the placers have pertained their shay. of the contract ?—if any contract ever existed—which again I Alen!! exhausted, and the public mind go completely saturated %ith it. I now call upon the House to put an end to a system that is attended with disgrace and cruelties unheard of, and by that means re store to its original splendour the brightest jewel on the British Crcwn —Liberty.—(Loud cheering.) I call upon the Horse to break the bonds of the slave for ever; but if they must be bound then I call upon the House, by adopting my resolution, to bind the slave, not with fetters of iron, but with fetters infinitely more lasting—l mean the fetters of gratitude.— (T.eud el.ears). With these feelings I call upon the House to agree to the motima which I have now the honour of submitting to the Hous and I trust you will see the necessity an.: advantageofrescinding the ros,lution h cs been already attended with such disastrous results. I move "That it is the opinion of this House that Negro apprentice hip in Cu c British Colonies shall immediately cease and determine."—(Hear, hear.) Mr. VILLIERS rose to second the motion. Differing as iic slid from the Hon. Baronet so widely in politics, he hoped the:r agreement on this subject would be received by the House a, rm assurance on the part of those who advocated this cause, that they ,ished to preserve the question free from all kinds of party or political feeling. He supported the resolution of the Hon. Baronet because be believed it was as much recommenced on the ground of wisdom and soundpolioy, as on the ground of justice mid humanity; and he did not deny that he wp.s somewhat influenced by the pressure from with, though Fe must say that he expressed the same opinion with evil con fidence before this excitement haa been promoted in the country ; and he ventured to express an (pinion upon a public occasion, that if the whole of the British public could only be induced to direct their attention again to the subject they wauld again call Os the Legislure to give effect to their opinions. So far f:oin deprecating this agitation he (sl'; • Villiers) hoped that its good effeets in this instance would be ob,erved, and that the example would in °that' attars be followed, and that the lesson woul.i be learnt that nothing could obtain the attention of this House except it came before them as the creature of apation —(Hear, hear.) lie was the less alarmed or disturbed at this agqatiea, hecause lie be lieved that the nault of this agitation was no bad test of the nature of the suLjact agitated, for there was a fund of honesty east good s nse in the country which would prevent any great attention being gives to a question not supported by strong arguments, and resting on truth and justice. It was idle to complain o fthe pressure from Nvithf,ut as long as indolence and indiOrence prevailed within.—;Hear, her) lie did not say that agitation was desirable; but he contended that it was necessary —(Hear, hear)—he, however, was not afraid of agitation, for he be lieved that Oleic prevailed in the country a fund of .ante and honesty that would render success in agitation kkope'ess, unless the question that was agitated came iecommended by the caidence of and justice. In the present instance it was his belief that if there had been a pretence for saying that any compact existed, the conditions of which, though flagrantly violated by one par y, were still binding on the other party, or if there had been any pretence for meintaining that the apprentice ship system was its the slightest degree satisfying its purpose of quality. ing the negro for freedom, all the agitation that had taken place on the subject won't' have been unattended with a•y result.—(Hear, hear.) But A was because that the evidence was overwhelming, and not to be citiestioned, that a deliberate, predetermined system had been adapted throughout the principal slave colonies to resist the nbject, and in every way to pervert the spirit of the Aboli tion Act—neat because that by evidence as little to be doubted, it was shown that this horrid purpose had been so far suc cessful as to render the condition of the negro appren tice worse than the negro slave—it was because of the conviction of these disgraceful truths, that the great mass of the middling class, who were ever the most cautious as they were the most moral class of the community, had rism up to express their indignation at what they cols. sidered a fraud practised upon the benevolence and liberality of the country.—(E:ar, hear.) It was from a like conviction that that active body of philanthropists, who had so peculiarly interested themselves upon the sub.;e:ct of negro liberty, to whom mankind v. - ere indebted for that revolution in opinion which had occurred cf late in all civilised states upon the subject cf slavery, now considered after the flagrant violation of all the conditions attached to the first arrangement by those who had beets paid to observe them, that the great question icy what way the abolition of slavery could be abolished, was as much open for considera tion as it was in I S3:l. They now, in hie, ;pinion, cerise to the Legis. lature fortified in their demand for immediate enit ente,lified emanci pation in two most important respects. First, in its being proved that there was riothieg in tha nature or the character of the negro t het un fitted bins tbs . creedcan ; and, secondly, in the d!scoyery that is the anti. cipetlon of a contrary result they cad granted an enormous 'slim to men es en indemnity for a loss whirls they never had susteined.—(Hear.) Clem ed as the subject i:ow was of every obstacle to its feee consideration, the House had only to determine what would be most advantageous for them _ill their social, reteni, and commercial cendasen; mid not overloohing tne (101. - C.71 - 7rn," country flint the horrid relations of slavery should cease throughout every part no cue British empire. It was after calmly and deliberately regarding those clonies in that view that he came to the conclusion, filet in no way could that he effected so well as by the complete emancipation of the great mass of their populatiOn. lip believed that there were many cautious and timid teen who had now come to this conclusion, who had before been in doubt ; bat that they Were yet prevented from nublicly supporting their opinions front the notion that they were bound Ly en Act of the Pe rlisment to endure and uphold the apprenticeship system for two years mess. This, then, rendered it necessary to examine what system It was thet the people of this country had consented to endure for that time.—(Hear, hear, !sear.) Because, if it appeared that the system that was undertaken to bo maintained was totally different from that' which the colonists insisted on enforcing, he considered that they were not bound to maintain a sy;tem totally opposed to the wishes, feelings, and original inten tarns of the people of this country.— (Hear.) What, then, was the system of apprenticeship which was undertaken to be upheld by this country ? It was a system which w:ss to ire subject to the pro Visions of the Abolition Act; it was an eeprenticeship system, without the flogging of women ; it was apprenticeship system that was to secure the labourer adequate food, clothing, lodging, and me dical care; it was apprenticeship syste.n that was to secure a portion of every week to the apprentice; it was ass apprenticeship that ad mitted of domestic rights and habits, and that was for tile avowed purpose of training the Slave for freedom—that was the apprenticeship system that was agreed for, aid which was promised, and as long as it was maintained by the colonists this country would have felt bound . to let it endure till the expiration of its term. But what was the system that, in violation of these stipulations, had been substituted ? The first person that he would call to annoence this to the country should be one of its most wretched victims ; it should be the unfortunate apprentice James ' Williams, he whose statements had been all verified, after strict investiga tion by persons commissioned wider the Crown; and he would take that as a cese illustrating the working of the system, because all the horrorsdetailed its his narrative had occurred within the cognisance and with the sanction of a special justice, and without the knowledge of the governor of the colony. Everything which had been verified in d th Lad officially re eogai,ed, as having been mailif_ist 'd in the spirit and conduct of the co lonial authorities To this moment the House "would have been igno rant of all the said horrid proofs of the working of the apprenticeship system, had they trusted to theme tituted authorities and had not one virtuous and beaevolent man left his home, at his own hazard and ex pens; for the purpose of examining for himself the operation of the sys tem—had he not diselosed to them the horrid case to which he had re ferred, it would have been at this moment hidden from them. But if any man objected to the case of Williams, let him turn to the volume published by Lord Sligo, and he would there find the statement that the planters were opposed to the apprenticeship system till they found that they could so tar pervert its object as to secure for themselves greater power than they used to exercise over their slaves. Again, let any limner read the candid adraissions of Lord Henelg as to the horrid abuses which existed under the apprenticeship system in his speech of last November ; and, last of all. if any person should have a doubt of the truth on which the charges had been made against this system, let * him consider the purpose and effect of the last Act of the Legislature. What was it that that Act said in e, - .'ect to the authorities and the . propriJors in the se co! ties it was, that they had so far abused the confidence which hail been placed in them, that they had so neg'ected to chserve and 11.1:1 so openly viii'ated all the coiiditions of the c:)ntraet that had been made with them . , that it was impossibi2 to forego further lgislation on the subject ; and that though there was a .dipula. lion by this country that the Abolition Act should r,nain in three for six years, yet that such haul been the conduct of the colonists, that it was necessary to dis:rust the original arrangement, and to legislate de novo upon the subject, —(Hear, hear.) But this Was the c:lse precisely of the Hen 'a of :he negro, who also . contmded that the volations of agreement heed oecurred ou the part of the colonists, and that it was necessary now to take other means to rccompllsh the great object of abolishing s'avery from every part of our empire ; and they, binding themselves in a condition to legislate de novo on the s;.liject, nose called upon the Legidature, founded on the experience t.:at they had of the character or CI.• negro red the conduct of the p:anter, to T. fie th.' only step which ever had qualified or ever conta qualify m,n far freedoM, name'y, to make them frks.—(llear, hear) The c i tu - stio, really was what remedy s o.dd now be applied under circum lances which had not I.y.e, contemplated ? Should it be the continued expe7hnent of ap- Jentice,li'p, or should it be freedom ?--(Hear.) Now, considering what the Legisla!ore had acknowledged, in th^ breach of contiact on the pat cf the colonists, and what they new had ascertained respecting the haracter and dispo,:itions of the negro, what was there, he would in th.:•• apprenticeship sye'em that recimmen.'ed it., continuaoce ? Did any person suppr:e thee it I ac i:! any respect placed the colonies in a conditi,n more fav , lurable for the intended change in then cilium stances ? Would any man say that , it was calculated to improve the feelin s between the tiller:nit cla , ses ino which society was diVided iu thcke colonies? Did it tend to raise the chavacter of the negro, soften the disposition of the master'?—(Bear.) Had it, he would candidly ask, done :mvthing es yet but add greatly to the dangers and h:,zards of ultimate change ?—(dear, hear, hear.) • With regard to the apprentices:dp system, from the first moment it was proposed he had never entertained but one opitecn of it—he had always considered it one of the ;host unwise, ill.adviwd, unstatemanlike, bung ling schemes for the purpose for which it was intended that the wit of . man could have devised.—(Hear, hear,) Appr e nti ces hi p was always, i n tact, a l cries of, watched public opinion;—(Hear, h ear; )—b ut i n t hi s ease it had all ti e objectionable features of slaVery withollt son)" of the alle. viating incidents t o that s y stem . — (Hear, hear.) There were the two by souiid end never could be tolerated un l ess checked